Quick Wear: Cousin, Come to the Bowl Quickly

Chapter 410: The Bully Cousin in Campus Fiction (Fifty-Eight) (Two in One)

When Lu Jiachuan turned the corner, he saw this dazed scene.

The rain was drizzling like silk. In a dim alley, a girl was squatting under the eaves of a house not far away.

The girl was thin and wore the iconic blue and white school uniform of Huai'an No. 1 Middle School. The cuffs of her long sleeves were slightly rolled up, revealing her fair and slender wrists.

She held a light blue umbrella in one hand, which was slightly tilted, completely covering the wet kitten at her feet. In the other hand, she held something and was carefully feeding the kitten, murmuring something in a low voice.

Her movements were gentle and focused. Perhaps she was too absorbed in the work, so she did not notice that half of her shoulder had already been wet by the rain. She also did not realize that not far behind her, a very handsome young man was staring at her motionlessly.

The alley was very quiet. The dim light under the eaves shone on the girl, casting a warm yellow halo over her.

The raindrops, the lights, the girl and the cat, the whole scene was so beautiful that it looked like a tranquil oil painting, which made Lu Jiachuan, who was used to seeing all kinds of girls, feel a little dazed for a moment.

Lu Jiachuan is a child of destiny. Not only does he have a wealthy family, perfect looks, and unrivaled academic performance, but he is also far superior to his peers in terms of how he treats people.

Because of this, Lu Jiachuan has been a celebrity in school since he was a child. He is loved by teachers, admired by classmates, and adored by girls. He seems to have it all effortlessly.

But they don't know that the "Jia Shen" who looks glorious, gentle and noble in the eyes of outsiders is actually a completely different person in secret.

Lu Jiachuan is actually not a genius.

The reason why he can achieve such unattainable results today is all thanks to his parents who are extremely strict with him.

Ever since he could remember, his life had been filled with endless courses and training, as if his life had been set on a track that had to be perfect from the very beginning.

All kinds of teachers come and go in his family's magnificent villa all year round. From early morning to late night, from Monday to Sunday, Lu Jiachuan's time is cut into countless fragments, and each fragment is precisely assigned tasks by Lu's parents.

Study, etiquette, piano, horse riding... Lu Jiachuan had to learn all the skills that a rich kid needed to master, and not only had to learn them, he had to learn them the best.

Lu Jiachuan's childhood was without games, friends, or even a chance to breathe.

Whenever he slacked off or failed to meet the expectations of Lu's parents, he would be greeted with his father's cold gaze and his mother's disappointed eyes.

"You are the son of the Lu family, you must be better than others."

This sentence was like a spell, always lingering in his mind. He didn't dare to stop or fail, because every failure meant that he had failed his parents' expectations and that he was not "perfect" enough.

He had to try his best to appear effortless in front of outsiders.

Over time, Lu Jiachuan learned to hide his true emotions. In front of outsiders, he was the perfect and polite "Jia Shen" of Huai'an No. 1 Middle School.

Even when faced with a slew of girls who kept expressing their affection for him, he never showed any impatience.

But in private, whenever he saw those girls with blushing faces who were obsessed with the perfect persona he pretended to have, he had to use all his strength to suppress the disgust and even nausea that surged in his heart.

While everyone was crowding in front of the bulletin board to check their grades, Lu Jiachuan also learned his own score from a call from his father - 995 points, a score that the entire first year of high school envied, but it was a full seven points lower than his last monthly exam.

"The second-place girl is only 0.5 behind you."

"Your geography tutor won't be here tomorrow, so your mom and I found Professor Zhou from Huai University for you."

"Xiao Li is going to take me to a dinner party today, so you can take a taxi back by yourself."

Father Lu's voice on the phone was very calm, and he didn't seem to be angry about Lu Jiachuan's declining grades, but Lu Jiachuan felt a chill rising from the soles of his feet and crawling up his back.

It has been like this since he was a child. As long as his grades in a subject drop, the next teacher who appears in front of him will be replaced by a more authoritative teacher in that subject, no matter how harmonious Lu Jiachuan's relationship with the previous teacher is.

As for the driver, he is like a barometer of Lu's parents' mood. He will always wait for him at the school gate early when his grades are good, and will be suddenly held up by other things and unable to pick him up when his grades drop.

At the same time as Lu Jiachuan hung up the phone, the students who had been crowded in front of the bulletin board to check their grades returned to the classroom one after another.

"Jia Shen, you are first again, my god, 995 points, I can't even imagine it."

"God Jia, can I ask for a copy of your study guide? Even if I can't learn it, it would be nice to have some good luck."

"Jia Shen, can you lend me your notes?"

"God Jia..."

"of course can."

Lu Jiachuan looked at the boys and girls who were surrounding his table and flattering him, and smiled gently and modestly. However, if someone looked closely, they would find that the smile did not reach his eyes, like duckweed floating on the water, which could not withstand a gust of wind.

Is this true or false?

When turning the corner of the alley, Lu Jiachuan recalled that in the classroom just now, when the girl heard him inviting her to take a ride, her eyes were clearly flashing with eager ecstasy, but she still pretended to be reserved. He couldn't help but sneer in his heart.

But the next moment, the sneer on the corner of his mouth froze.

When he was talking to Mr. Lu, he was the only one in the classroom, so he was sure that no one knew that his family's driver would not come to pick him up today.

In order to avoid possible attention, he deliberately delayed leaving the school for more than half an hour and deliberately chose this remote road because he was sure that he would not meet students from Huai'an No. 1 Middle School on the road.

So, let’s consider the above conditions.

Looking at the girl with her back to him, feeding the cat, Lu Jiachuan suddenly narrowed his eyes, and a barely perceptible evil smile flashed in his pair of perfectly shaped peach blossom eyes.

What a perfect encounter.

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"Why don't you eat? Is it too cold?"

Lin An looked at the kitten at his feet who just sniffed the sausage in his hand but didn't open his mouth, and couldn't help feeling worried.

She frowned and moved the sausage closer to the kitten's mouth, but the kitten did not open its mouth. Instead, it shrank its body as if it was shivering from the cold.

Lin An sighed, put away the sausage, and reached into his pocket to find a tissue to wipe the water off the kitten.

But after searching through all her pockets, she suddenly remembered that her deskmate had borrowed all the tissues from her because she had diarrhea after school. Now she didn't have even a piece of paper on her.

Lin An pursed his lips, looked down at the shivering kitten at his feet, then looked at his clean school uniform, a look of hesitation on his face.

She doesn't have a washing machine at home, so she washes clothes by hand regardless of winter or summer, and her clothes always dry slower than others.

Huai'an No. 1 Middle School has two sets of autumn school uniforms. It is fine to change them in turn normally, but it has been raining recently. Her other set of school uniform has been washed for almost a week and it is not yet dry. If this one gets dirty again, she will have to wear the winter school uniform next week.

But if we ignore this kitten, in this weather and after it gets wet in the rain, it might not make it to tomorrow. Thinking of this, Lin An bit his lip and his fingers unconsciously clenched the corner of his school uniform.

At this moment, the kitten seemed to sense her hesitation and suddenly rubbed against her feet, its wet body sticking to her shoes, and made a faint "meow", which made Lin An's heart soften immediately.

Forget it, at worst I can just go back and use the hair dryer for a while longer. Lin An gritted his teeth and finally made up his mind.

She put the umbrella aside, took off her schoolbag, and reached out to take off her school uniform jacket, but at this moment, a crisp voice suddenly came from behind her.

"Use this."

Lin An was startled and looked back subconsciously. Under the dim light, he saw a girl in the uniform of Huai'an No. 1 Middle School holding an umbrella in one hand and extending the other hand towards him, handing something to her.

Because of the light and angle, Lin An didn't see her appearance clearly at first, but he still subconsciously said thank you and reached out to take the thing in her hand.

Feeling a soft touch from his fingertips, Lin An realized that it was a towel. He couldn't help but look at the girl behind him in surprise.

At this moment, the girl happened to tilt the umbrella in her hand back, revealing a round face.

"you--"

After seeing the girl's appearance clearly, Lin An opened his mouth in surprise and let out a quick low cry.

"Student Lin An, what a coincidence."

Lin Xi leaned the umbrella against her shoulder to block the dense rain that was flying diagonally behind them, and gave a sweet smile to Lin An, who had his mouth slightly open in front of him and seemed unresponsive.

"Okay, what a coincidence."

Lin An looked at the girl who suddenly appeared behind him with a sweet smile, and responded with a stuttering voice.

"Wipe it with a towel." As if not noticing Lin An's somewhat awkward look, Lin Xi squatted down beside Lin An very naturally, stretched out her hand and hooked the chin of the kitten curled up at Lin An's feet, "It's shivering with cold."

"Ah?! Okay, okay." Lin An finally reacted and looked at the kitten at his feet. He picked up the towel and was about to wipe its body.

But it was obviously her first time doing such a thing and she had no experience. Moreover, there was Lin Xi who suddenly appeared beside her and did not treat her as an outsider at all. Therefore, she was inevitably a little restrained in her actions.

Seeing how cautious she was, afraid of hurting the kitten, Lin Xi couldn't help but smile and shook her head, then she stretched out her hand to Lin An and said, "Let me do it."

Lin An tilted his head slightly and caught a glimpse of the smile on Lin Xi's lips. He couldn't help but pursed his lips, lowered his eyelids, and handed the towel in his hand to Lin Xi.

Lin Xi took the towel, lifted the kitten's neck with one hand, and wrapped the kitten's four feet with the other hand. Then she put the kitten stepping on the towel on her knees, and gently but quickly wiped the water off its belly and the back of its head. Finally, she turned the towel over and wrapped the kitten up.

Watching Lin Xi's smooth movements, Lin An's eyes flickered again and again, and finally he couldn't help but ask.

"Have you ever had a cat?"

Lin Xi held the kitten wrapped in a towel in front of her eyes and looked at it carefully, then turned to Lin An and said with a smile: "I raised one before, but later it went to Cat Planet."

Lin An didn't expect that his casual question would actually touch upon Lin Xi's sorrow. He couldn't help but feel guilty, "I'm sorry, I..."

"There's nothing to be sorry about. That was the cat my grandfather raised. It was 16 years old. It had no illness or pain and died of natural causes. It was still a 15-pound old lady when it died." Hearing that, Lin Xi smiled and shook her head, her face full of nostalgia.

After saying this, Lin Xi held the kitten in one hand, picked up the umbrella on the ground with the other, and raised her chin towards Lin An, "Okay, let's go."

"Where are you going?" Seeing her stand up, Lin An hurriedly picked up the schoolbag and umbrella he had just put aside, and asked subconsciously.

"There's a pet hospital not far ahead. I'll take it there for a checkup. If there's nothing wrong with it, I'll give it to the owner of the restaurant outside our community. She really likes cats."

Lin Xi started to explain, and then as if she suddenly remembered something, she handed the kitten to Lin An, and curled her lips apologetically, "Look at me, I forgot to ask you, if you want to keep it, I'll give it to you."

"No, no need. I can't take care of it." Lin An waved his hands quickly.

"That's great." Lin Xi nodded and then asked, "Then do you want to go to the veterinary hospital with me?"

Lin An naturally wanted to follow Lin Xi to make sure the kitten was okay, but she had already wasted enough time today and was afraid that her grandfather would worry about her, so she looked at the kitten in Lin Xi's hands reluctantly and shook her head to refuse.

"Okay, I'll let you know once I'm sure the kitten is okay." Lin Xi didn't force it, but nodded in understanding, "Let's add each other's contact information."

"I, my cell phone broke recently." Lin An looked embarrassed when he heard this.

"You're carrying a schoolbag, so just write it down. When your phone is fixed over the weekend, just call me. If that doesn't work, I'll go to your class on Monday and talk to you. If I remember correctly, you're in Class 2." Lin Xi pointed at Lin An's schoolbag with some amusement.

"Ah? Okay, yes, yes, I'm from Class 2." Seeing the helplessness on Lin Xi's face, Lin An nodded quickly, hurriedly rummaged through his schoolbag, took out a pen and paper, and wrote down Lin Xi's contact information.

"Okay, you should go back early. Try not to walk in this alley alone in the future. It's too dark." Lin Xi took a look at the contact information she had written down, and after confirming that it was correct, she waved at her while holding the kitten.

"By the way, there is something I almost forgot to return to you." Lin An waved goodbye to Lin Xi. When he was about to turn around, he was stopped by Lin Xi.

"What?" Lin An blinked in confusion.

"Here." Lin Xi tilted her head, held the umbrella, took out an envelope from her pocket and handed it to Lin An.